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The Central Libraries > Donnell Library Center > World Languages > Useful Expressions and Greetings

Useful Expressions and Greetings in 26 languages

Click on the language of your choice and the following expressions will appear in that language. Alternatively, click on a particular word or phrase to find multiple translations:

Expressions:

| Bon appetit! | Bon voyage! | Careful! | Certainly | Cheers! | Congratulations | Don't mention it/You're welcome | Excuse me | Good | Goodafternoon/Good evening | Good-bye | Good luck | Goodmorning | Good night | Grandfather | Grandmother | Happy anniversary | Happy birthday | Happy Easter | Happy Mother's Day | Happy New Year | Hello | Help! | How are you? | How do you do? | I love you | I understand | I'm sorry | Indeed! | Merry Christmas | Never mind | No | No smoking | Of course | Ouch! | Peace | Please | Politically correct | Quiet | Take it easy | Thank you | To your health! | Very well | Victory | We speak... | Welcome | What a pity! | What's the matter? | Why not? | Wonderful | Yes |

Languages:

Catalan
Chinese (transliterated)
Croatian
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Hebrew (transliterated)
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese (transliterated)
Korean (transliterated)
Lithuanian

Modern Greek (transliterated)
Norwegian

Persian (transliterated)
Polish
Portuguese
Russian (transliterated)
Serbian (transliterated)
Spanish
Swedish
Tagalog
Turkish
Vietnamese
Yiddish (transliterated)

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